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Odetta (1963 album)

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Released
  
1963

Label
  
Everest

Recorded
  
1956-63

Genre
  
Folk, blues, country blues

Producer
  
Various - Dean Gitter ("Ballads & Blues"), et al.

Odetta (1963)
  
It's a Mighty World (1964)

Odetta is a 1963 compilation album by American folk singer Odetta. Odetta is the first official compilation of Odetta songs. It features songs from The Tin Angel, Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues, At the Gate of Horn and Odetta At Town Hall although not necessarily versions from those albums.

It had a poorer reputation than the above-mentioned original albums, being seen as thrown-together by the label. This LP has subsequently not been released on CD like those three albums. As a result, this album is rarer than most Odetta releases; the album is sometimes quoted as being released on "01-01-63", but this is probably not true, and rather a result of computer-automation on one music website which led to others quoting it as fact.

Track listing

Side A:

  1. "Greensleeves" (Traditional)
  2. "Midnight Special" (Traditional)
  3. "Easy Rider" (Traditional)
  4. "Alabama Bound" (Lead Belly)
  5. "Spiritual Trilogy":
    1. "Oh, Freedom" (Traditional)
    2. "Come and Go with Me" (Traditional)
    3. "I'm on My Way'" (Traditional)

Side B:

  1. "Timber" (Sam Gary)
  2. "Deep River" (Traditional)
  3. "Chilly Winds" (Traditional)
  4. "Santy Anno" (Traditional)
  5. "Jack o' Diamonds" (Traditional)
  6. "Deep Blue Sea"(Traditional)

References

Odetta (1963 album) Wikipedia
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